WNAB

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WNAB

Nashville, Tennessee
Branding	CW 58
Slogan	Come Watch
Channels	58 (UHF) analog, 23 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	Tennessee Broadcasting (Operated under outsourcing agreement by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Founded	September 2, 1995 (License granted May 19, 1987)
Call letters meaning	N A for Nashville, surrounded by W B for The WB Television Network
Former affiliations	The WB (1995-2006)
Website	www.cw58.tv

WNAB channel 58 is The CW affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee. It is owned by Tennessee Broadcasting, although operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group under an outsourcing agreement. It currently serves as a sister station to WZTV and WUXP-TV. It is currently branded as CW58. WNAB's transmitter is located in Whites Creek, Tennessee.

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The station signed on the air on September 2, 1995 and was Nashville's affiliate for The WB, although the station's license was granted in 1987. By mere coincidence, the call letters were chosen as WNAB; something that would be exploited when the station became affiliated with The WB.

Original owner Speer Communications launched the station from studios on Dickerson Road in Nashville, in a former Sam's Club building. Offering five hours of live, locally-produced programming each weekday, WNAB was quickly a hit among Nashville viewers, although the station lacked cable coverage in many of the suburbs. Controversial former Nashville mayor and U.S. congressman Bill Boner hosted an hour-long interview/call-in show, Prime Talk each weeknight. Its follow-up, Sports Talk, featured Nashville Banner sportswriter Greg Pogue and popular radio personality George Plaster showing highlights and taking calls about the day's sports action. On Friday nights in the fall, Sports Talk was extended by an hour and featured Nashville's first television show entirely devoted to high school football scores. Since the 1996 season at least one of Nashville's television stations has continued this tradition. Within two years, all of the live programming except Sports Talk had been canceled (partly due to budget constraints, partly due to The WB expanding its lineup past Sundays and Wednesdays). Plaster left Sports Talk and it was rebranded as Sports Plus and featured news and weather in addition to its sports content. It too was canceled in 1998.

Speer Communications had planned to use WNAB as a base of operations for a small network of television stations in each of Tennessee's six television markets. A statewide newscast was planned as part of the network. However, the company went bankrupt before any of the plans could come to fruition. The station was later sold to Lambert Broadcasting (now Tennessee Broadcasting) who operated the station for a short while and later outsourced its sales and operations to Sinclair Broadcast Group via an outsourcing agreement.

On September 18, 2006 WNAB became a CW affiliate.

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WNAB's former logo as a WB affiliate.

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Broadcast television in the Nashville market (Nielsen DMA #30)
WKRN 2 (ABC) - WSMV 4 (NBC) - WTVF 5 (CBS) - WNPT 8 (PBS) - WETV-LP 11 (Ind) - WIIW-LP 14 (Religious / DS) - WZTV 17 (Fox) - WCTE 22 (PBS) - WGAP-LP 26 (UNI) - WNPX 28 (ION) - WUXP 30 (MNTV) - WJNK-LP 34 (3ABN) - W36AK 36 (TBN) - WHTN 39 (CTN) - WLLC-LP 42 (Telefutura) - WPGD 50 (TBN) - W52CT 52 (A1) - WNAB 58 (The CW) - WJFB 66 (ShopNBC)

CW Network Affiliates in the state of Tennessee

WCYB-DT 5.2 (Bristol) - WBXX 20 (Crossville) - WLMT 30 (Memphis) - WFLI 53 (Cleveland) - WNAB 58 (Nashville)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, ION, My Network TV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Tennessee

Sinclair Broadcast Group

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CBS Network Affiliates: KGAN | WGME

NBC Network Affiliate: WTWC

¹Sinclair operates this station owned by Tennessee Broadcasting under an outsourcing agreement. Sinclair is looking to acquire the station outright.

²These stations are nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under local marketing agreements. However, Sinclair effectively owns Cunningham because it controls nearly all of Cunningham's stock.

³This station is involved in a "news-share" agreement with Cox Enterprises-owned WPXI.

⁴Sinclair has ownership interests in these stations, but management capabilities belong to Nexstar Broadcasting Group.

⁵Sinclair operates these stations, which are owned by local independent or private companies, with the execption of WTTA where Sinclair CEO David Smith is the station's majority owner.

⁶This station is involved in a "news share" with Meredith Corporation-owned WNEM-TV

⁷This station is involved in a "news share" with Sunbelt Communications Company-owned KVBC

⁸This station is involved in a "news share" with Disney/ABC-owned WTVD.

⁹This station is involved in a "news share" with Gannett-owned WGRZ.

Annual Revenue: $1.24 billion USD (2004) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: SBGI | Website: www.sbgi.net

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Categories: Television stations in Nashville | Television stations in Tennessee | CW network affiliates | Sinclair Broadcast Group | Channel 58 TV stations in the United States

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